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Patent GB-190408485-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Convertible Day and Sleeping Railway Vehicle
Inventor: HOLLAND HARRIS FOSTER
Filed: 1904-04-13
Granted: 1904-09-08
Abstract: 8485. Kolland, H. F. April 13. Convertible day and sleeping vehicles.-Compartment sleeping-cars have the partitions made of roll curtains fitted to slide in guides in recesses beneath the floor and in the walls of the carriage. The end screens slide all in the same direction, as shown in Fig. 1, the guide at the bend being shown in Fig. 6. The top slat 22 is enlarged and adapted to fit snugly in a slot in the floor so as to be flush with it. Vertical guide-bars 31, grooved as shown in Fig. 3, support the end screens and also the side screens 16, the other ends of which work in the bars 38, between which is placed a door 18 on slip hinges. The guides 38 are of the section shown in Fig. 11, to allow the door to work as ordinarily and at the same time to permit the short central screen 17 to be drawn up from its recess in the floor. The screens are retained in position by locks 37, Fig. 10, two being placed on each end screen. The upright guides are bevelled to engage the bar 36, and are held by spring bolts 35, Fig. 5. The lower ends have two pins 34, Fig. 4, to fit in sockets in the guide-bars in the floor. The side screens fit over the end screens in the floor recess, and the longer ones are guided into suitable recesses in the sides of the carriage.
Patent GB-190418952-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Heating Feed Water of Steam Boilers
Inventor: STEWART ANDREW
Filed: 1904-09-02
Granted: 1905-01-26
Abstract: 18,952. Stewart, A. Sept. 2. Valve-chests ; receivers, intermediate ; exhaust pipes.-Feedwater is heated in surface apparatus located in the valve-chests or receivers between the cylinders of multiple-expansion engines or in the exhaust pipes. Figs. 3 and 4 show sectional views at right-angles to each other of the feed-heater within a steam receiver between the cylinders, and Fig. 6 the heater within an exhaust pipe. The feed is pumped to one compartment i of the heater, Figs. 3 and 4, and forced through the tubing J to the other compartment. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 6, the feed enters the chamber P, and reaches the chamber P after having travelled through the serpentine pipes J contained within the exhaust pipe L.
Patent GB-190420972-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Resilient Tyres for Vehicle Wheels.
Inventor: GUELDRY VICTOR
Filed: 1904-09-29
Granted: 1904-11-03
Abstract: 20,972. Gueldry, V. Sept. 30, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Tyres, elastic other than pneumatic.-Tyres for the wheels of motor and other vehicles consist of a series of resilient metallic rings 1 alternating with similar rings 2 and secured thereto by rivets 9. The tread of the tyre consists of longitudinallygrooved steel plates 10, 11, secured to the rings 1, 2, so as to leave transverse grooves between the plates. The tyre is secured to the rim 3 of the wheel by means of an intermediate sectional rim 4 secured to the rim 3 by means of a nut 6, Fig. 4, threaded on a bolt which passes through a socket 19 on the rim 3 and is secured to the rim 4. The rim 4 may be secured in the inoperative position by means of a pin passing through the bolt, which may be passed through an oval hole in the tyre and turned so as to rest thereon. A strengthening- band 20 may be fitted, especially on wheels of motor vehicles, on the inner or outer surface of the tyre. Tyres, pneumatic.-An air tube may be placed inside the resilient tyre, or the tyre itself may be used as an air tube.
Patent GB-190425201-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gun Mountings.
Filed: 1904-11-19
Granted: 1905-10-05
Abstract: 25,201. Armstrong, Whitworth, & Co., Sir W. G., and Hadcock, A. G. Nov. 19. Field carriages.-Relates to howitzer elevating- gear which is so arranged that the recoil of the gun raises the breech into the loading position. An auxiliary elevating-gear is also provided for quickly performing the same operation. In the construction shown, the trunnions b are above the axis of the gun, so that the recoil moment may be utilized to turn the gun into loading position. The nuts e of the elevating-screws are carried by arms a pivoted about the trunnions b, and they are connected to the cradle at g<1> by jointed links f, g. Normally, the hinges f<1>, g<1>, g<5> are in alignment as in Fig. 4, but the gun while recoiling rocks a lever g<2>, which throws the hinges out of alignment, and permits the gun to swing into the loading position, Fig. 5- A lever g<3> with a spring catch prevents the return of the gun to firing position. The lever may also be used for raising the breech of the gun by hand. In a modification, the trunnions are placed below the gun and the tappet g<2> is dispensed with, the breech being raised by the auxiliary lever g<3>. The arms a may also be dispensed with. The axis pin for the sight may be carried by a bracket a<1> on one of the arms a, so as. to be parallel to the axis of the gun in firing position, but permitting the gun to be sighted while in loading position. When the trunnions are below the axis of the gun, the recoil slide is extended rearwardly for a greater distance than the gun recoils, to prevent the latter from striking the ground at high elevations.
Patent GB-190427749-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Concealed Fire-arms for the Destruction of Birds of Prey.
Inventor: MUELLER-BRALITZ ERWIN
Filed: 1904-12-19
Granted: 1905-08-03
Abstract: 27,749. Bralitz, E. M³ller-. Dec. 19. Animals, destroying.-An apparatus for the destruction of birds of prey consists of a fire-arm which is concealed within a tube and covered by a hollow spring-supporting cylinder terminating in a knob, upon which a bird may perch and discharge the firearm when the cylinder and knob are thus depressed by its weight. The barrel 10 is connected to a tube 2 by a bayonet fastening, which is secured by a sleeve 16 provided with spring lugs 17 adapted to enter the longitudinal slots of the bayonet fastening and be placed in front of the lugs 18 on the barrel 10. The muzzle of the barrel is contained within the knob 4 at the upper end of the covering-tube 3, which is supported by the spring surrounded by the sleeve 23, with its lower end 24 flared to facilitate the insertion of the barrel. The spring striker 7 is pushed down by means of the muzzle of the barrel, and is held cocked by a stud 12 on a ring 9, which is tilted to release the striker by a stud 21 attached to the tube 3, when the knob 4 and tube 3 are depressed. The knob 4 is hollow and provided with an aperture 27 which is brought down close to the muzzle of the barrel. Ducts 28, 29 allow water to escape from the knob.
Patent GB-190504503-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Purifying the Air in Weaving Sheds, Spinning Rooms and the like
Inventor: HALL DANIEL
Filed: 1905-03-04
Granted: 1905-07-13
Abstract: 4503. Hall, D., and Kay, J. H. March 4. Air, filtering.-For purifying the air passing into weaving-sheds, spinning-rooms, and other structures, a chamber in connexion with the room contains a filtering-apparatus c, consisting of flannel or like fabric stretched upon frames arranged somewhat like the bellows of a photographic camera, as shown at d, d'. The top f of the apparatus is of the same material and may be either plain or corrugated. The passage g between the two sides may be tapering from the exit k, or, as shown, the sides may be parallel. A draught is excited by a fan, and the air, leaving the chamber by an opening k and a pipe l, passes into the room a through a humidifying-apparatus and is distributed by branched perforated pipes.
Patent GB-190507668-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Knitted Goods.
Inventor: FANSHAWE FREDERICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-04-11
Granted: 1906-03-22
Abstract: 7668. Fanshawe, F. W. April 11. Printing fabrics.-A coloured, ornamented, or variegated effect, or a patterned surface in imitation of embroidery, is obtained upon stockings, socks, and other knitted fabrics by first dyeing the goods a black or other self colour and then printing with a composition containing a discharge in addition to the pattern colour. A forme of hard wood or metal has its face, cut as desired, uniformly coated with the pattern colour by means of a pad. The stockings or socks are drawn over a shape or former of aluminium or other metal or non - absorbent substance. The coated forme is then pressed upon the stocking or sock, and the latter, after drying a few minutes, is finally strained, washed, and finished as usual.
Patent GB-190510312-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to, Cupola Furnaces.
Inventor: BAILLOT ALPHONSE
Filed: 1905-05-16
Granted: 1906-03-01
Abstract: 10,312. Baillot, A. Dec. 5, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901 ]. Cupola furnaces.-Gases resulting from combustion in a cupola furnace pass through apertures h into the chambers f of a heater R, which is arranged at the upper part of the furnace and supplied with cold air through regulable apertures d. The mixture of gas and air passes into outer chambers g, leaves the heater by a pipe V, and is forced into the air chamber of tuyeres b<1> placed at the fusion zone, and into rows of auxiliary tuyeres c arranged above the zones of combustion.
Patent GB-190514185-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spring Supports Under-covers, and Ventilation of Seats of Chairs, Settees, Lounges and the like.
Inventor: MURCH JOHN ERNEST
Filed: 1905-07-10
Granted: 1905-08-31
Abstract: 14,185. Murch, J. E., and Nelson, J. July 10. Seating and reclining surfaces; spring surfaces. -A seat for chairs, settees, lounges, and the like is made with a continuous semi - rigid undercover E of wood, metal, or composite material, on which rest springs C, a layer of sound-insulating material D being inserted between the springs and the under-cover. The cover E is held away from the frame A for ventilation and expulsion of dust, by distance-pieces F, or by projections on the frame ; or the frame or cover may be formed with holes for the same purpose. Gauze screens N, Fig. 12, or other filtering-media, such as a felt or similar valve 0, Fig. 8, @ y be applied to the interstices. For the i rther exclusion of dust, the edge of the under-cove E is placed well within the edge of the frame A.
Patent GB-190516003-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Theatrical Properties.
Inventor: STALEY RICHARD FELIX
Filed: 1905-08-04
Granted: 1906-02-08
Abstract: 16,003. Staley, R. F. Aug. 4. Theatrical appliances.-Relates to transformable theatrical properties. Figs. 1 and 3 show one form of apparatus representing an anvil, and Fig. 4 the same transformed into a flower stand and bowl. A column d is surmounted by a frame c, carrying hinged flaps a and cotton bags g ; a weight o is connected by cords to the flaps a and also to a bowl h to which a collapsible sleeve x and flaps e are attached. When a catch p is released by pulling a cord y, the weight o falls and raises the bowl while the flaps a, e are closing. To restore the apparatus to its original form, a catch t is released, thus allowing the bowl to fall by gravity and the flaps a, e to be opened by springs k, m. Figs. 8, 10, and 11 show a barrel transformable into a screen, the wings 2, 4 folding together and carrying flaps 11. By releasing a trigger 14, springs 7 open the wings by cords 5, and elastic straps 12 open the flaps. The parts are replaced by detaching the springs 7 from the middle section 3 and releasing the catch 15, so that the wings are closed by a spring 10, and the flaps by straps 13. Fig. 14 shows a barrel transformable into a table with a cover and vase. By pulling a cord 21, a catch 20 is released and allows a spring 19 to telescope a frame 16 on the frame 18, the fabric 17 collapsing with it. Flaps 23 then fall outwards and a cover 25 is unrolled by the fall of weights 26. The vase and other articles attached to the flaps are thus exposed. The parts are restored by unhooking the cord 22 and pulling the cord 33 to release the catch 32. A flap 31 then falls, and a weight 29, in descending, raises the cover 25. When the weight 29 strikes a flap 37, it releases a catch 35, and a weight 34 raises the frame 16, which folds the flaps 23. Figs. 19 and 21 show a tub transformable into a chair and rug. On releasing a catch 43, Fig. 19, the back 41 is raised by a spring 42, and the sides and front fall to form a rug, as shown in Fig. 21. Fig. 22 shows an arrangement of cords for operating the various forms simultaneously.
Patent GB-190516385-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Steel.
Inventor: HADFIELD ROBERT ABBOTT
Filed: 1905-08-11
Granted: 1906-01-04
Abstract: 16,385. Hadfield, R. A. Aug. 13, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Crucible cast steel; open-hearth processes; nickel steel ; chrome steel ; manganese steel; tempering.- A steel alloy containing carbon, manganese, nickel, and chromium may be toughened by heating to a temperature of 750-850‹ C., preferably 785‹ C., and quenching in oil, reheating to a temperature of 620-630‹ C., and quenching in water ; or the alloy may be carefully heated to 710 C. and quenched in oil, and then reheated to 620‹ C. and quenched in water.
Patent GB-190524359-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Governors for Pumping Engines.
Inventor: MCMULLEN CHARLES PALMER
Filed: 1905-11-24
Granted: 1906-05-10
Abstract: 24,359. McMullen, C. P., and Nye, W. E. Nov. 24. Lubricating pistons. A piston g<2> forming part of a fluid governor is lubricated by working in oil supplied from a tank i.
Patent GB-190524636-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cocks or Taps.
Inventor: KLOPP GEORGE ONNO HOMFELD
Filed: 1905-11-28
Granted: 1906-08-23
Abstract: 24,636. Klopp, G. O. H. Nov. 28. Lift valves; selfclosing valves.-Relates to taps of the kind described in Specifications No. 8386, A.D. 1898, and No. 11,606, A.D. 1900, and consists in the combination therewith of a coiled spring i so that the ball valve c is self-closing whatever may be the pressure condition in the supply pipe b. The valve closes against an india-rubber ring e secured in place by a stationary piece f in which the operating-spindle works. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specification No. 959, A.D. 1877.]
Patent GB-190525159-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Phonographs or Talking- machines.
Filed: 1905-12-04
Granted: 1906-02-15
Abstract: 25,159. Deutsche Telephonwerke R. Stock & Co. March 4, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901], Cabinets. - In a talking-machine in which the records and driving-mechanism are completely protected by a box-like casing, the horn forms part of the lid or cover. Nine methods of permitting the exchange of the sound plates are shown and described in the Specification. The method shown in Fig. 1 is by opening the hinged lid. Other methods are by sliding this lid, opening or dropping down one or more of the sides of the box, drawing out the driving- mechanism as a drawer, and removing the whole of the top and sides from the base. In all these methods, the aperature of the horn is made to register with the aperture of the sound tube within, and handles are provided to facilitate the above manipulations.
Patent GB-190601976-A (GB)
Title: Firelighter
Inventor: MURCH HENRY
Filed: 1906-01-26
Granted: 1906-12-06
Abstract: 1976. Murch, H. Jan. 26. Wood fuel.- A firelighter, shown in end view, consists of two end pieces a each having one or more draught holes b, and side pieces d grooved in two or more places to receive the end pieces, which are dipped in resin and oil in order to secure the side pieces. The inside is filled with wood wool or other combustible e. The side pieces may be made by grooving a block of wood and cutting it into sticks.
Patent GB-190602457-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Valves for Internal Combustion and other Engines.
Inventor: SAUSSARD LOUIS
Filed: 1906-01-31
Granted: 1906-08-30
Abstract: 2 4 5 7. Saussard, L. Feb. 4, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Valves, distributing.-The distributing valve 1 of an internal-combustion or other engine, has a hollow cylinder 4 adapted to slide between two fixed concentric parts 5, 6 and carries a flange 12, which on withdrawal of the valve closes the opening 13..The cylinder then communicates with the admission chamber 7 through ports 14,15. When the cam-projection 16 slides on the rod 18, the ports 14, 15 are closed, and the cylinder exhausts through the opening 13 and the chamber 8.
Patent GB-190604329-A (GB)
Title: Ironing Machine
Inventor: ACHENBACH MATHIAS
Filed: 1906-02-21
Granted: 1906-07-19
Abstract: 4329. Achenbach, M., Dreifus, D., and Lehmann, J. Feb. 21. Ironing-machines. -In machines of the type employing a heated iron suspended at the end of an adjustable spindle carried by a travelling c a rriage, the latter r runs on transverse rails carried by another carriage running on longitudinal rails. The carriage 12, supporting the iron 17 by means of the screw spindle 14, runs on rails 11 arranged transversely on a carriage 9 running on longitudinal rails 8, rollers 10<a>, 13<a> preventing the carriages from leaving the rails. The spindle 14, vertically adjustable by means of a crank 16 and bevel-gearing 15, terminates in a ball joint 18, through which by means of pipes 23, 20, 21 the heating-agent is conveyed to the interior of the iron.
Patent GB-190605352-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Massage Instruments.
Inventor: SHELTON WILLIAM GENTRY
Filed: 1906-03-05
Granted: 1907-01-03
Abstract: 5352. Shelton, W. G. March 5. Massage.-A massage device consists of a casing in which is mounted an electric motor which drives a fly-wheel 24 through a shaft 19 mounted in a bearing 18. The fly-wheel is provided with an inclined slot 29 with a side opening 30. In the slot 29 is journaled a ball 31, which is rotatably mounted on the bar 32 by means of a sleeve 33. The opposite end of the bar 32 carries the contactpiece 35, and is also provided with a ball 36 working in a bearing formed in the sleeve 38 and confined by means of a rawhide bearing 47, brass washer 48, and milled nut 45 fastened in place by a set-screw. The ball 36 is provided with a stud 42 working in a slot 43 so as to prevent rotation. By adjusting the position of the screwed sleeve 38 in the end 37 of the casing, the position of the ball 31 in the slot 29 can be varied and thus the amount of vibration imparted to the contact-device may be controlled.
Patent GB-190607825-A (GB)
Title: A Process for Sterilizing Catgut Threads.
Inventor: SCHMIDT HUGO
Filed: 1906-03-31
Granted: 1906-06-21
Abstract: 7825. Schmidt, H. April 4, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Disinfectants.-Catgut threads for surgical &c. purposes are sterilized by immersion in a solution in water of iodine, potassium iodide, and formaldehyde. The threads may be removed from the solution immediately before use, or may be dried and stored in sterilized packages.
Patent GB-190607839-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Worm and Worm Wheel Pulley Blocks Hoists Lifts and the like.
Inventor: WILLETTS CHARLES
Filed: 1906-04-02
Granted: 1907-05-02
Abstract: 7839. Willetts, C., and Rothan, A. H. April 2. Pulley-blocks.-In worm-wheel pulley-blocks and winding-apparatus for hoists, lifts, &c., special clutch mechanism is provided for detaching the lifting-chain sprocket-wheel from the powergear, so that the unloaded chain can be raised or lowered quickly by hand. The worm-wheel and lifting-chain sprocket-wheel have equal internallytoothed rings 7, 8, Fig. 1, formed in their adjacent faces, both engaged under normal conditions by the pinion 10 mounted on the boss of the sprocketwheel. To manipulate the unloaded chain, the forked lower end of the pivoted lever 16 is pressed against a disk carrying projecting pins 12, 13 which pass through slots in the worm-wheel and engage the pinion 10. By this operation, the pinion is moved against the action of the spring 18, until it is out of engagement with the worm-wheel, thus allowing the sprocket-wheel to be rotated independently of the power gearing. In the modified form shown in Fig. 4, pins 28.fastened to the non- rotatable ring 30, are operated from the lever 25 to withdraw the rotatable disk 14 and the projecting pins 12 from slots- 24 in the sprocket-wheel, the engagement of the pins under normal conditions being secured by the spring 32. In each case the sprocket-wheel preferably is held close to the wormwheel by a loosely-fitting ring 33.
Patent GB-190610051-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Self-toning Silver Chloride Printing Papers for use in Photography.
Inventor: STEUDEL OSCAR HERMANN
Filed: 1906-04-30
Granted: 1906-10-11
Abstract: 10,051. Steudel, O. H. April 30. Printing-paper, self-toning. Besides the gold chloride the emulsion contains a salt or salts of lead, such as lead acetate or nitrate. For example, for each 100 parts of silver 16 parts of lead nitrate and 2 to 5 parts of gold chloride are added. A sodium-chloride bath with these papers gives violetblue tones.
Patent GB-190613787-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Gas Washers.
Inventor: WILTON GEORGE
Filed: 1906-06-15
Granted: 1907-01-31
Abstract: 13,787. Wilton, G. June 15. Washers.-A washer of the water-seal type is divided into sections or elements, which are connected in parallel, by valved couplings, to gasmains b, b<1>, as described in Specification No. 14,925 A.D. 1888. Each section a consists of a series of superposed chambers a' provided with elongated hoods d covering openings e in the floors; a vertical flange is formed at one end of each hood so that the washing-liquid in one chamber flows first along one side and then along the other side of the hood before passing into another chamber. The sides of the hood are serrated and fitted with one or more aprons m formed with a series of holes or serrations n. An additional section is supplied, which may be substituted for any of the other sections that it may be necessary to clean.
Patent GB-190614243-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mailcarts, and the like.
Inventor: YOUNG WILLIAM PROCTOR
Filed: 1906-06-21
Granted: 1906-10-04
Abstract: 14,243. Young, W. P., [trading as Imperial Domestic Carriage Co.], and Hall, A. T. June 21. Children's mail-carts.-A convertible mail-cart in which the body is so arranged that it can accommodate one child reclining and the other sitting or both sitting comprises a fixed body portion B and a movable body portion B<1>, the floors F, F<2> of which are connected by a hinged floor section F<1>. In Fig. 3 the front part is shown raised and secured by hinged catches C and a crossbar s'. In this position, one child can recline in the part B while the other occupies a seat b behind which is fitted a hinged back-rest R. In Fig. 5, the front part is shown lowered and resting upon a bar s<2> carried by the bearing-springs. In this position both children can be seated.
Patent GB-190622159-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Pneumatic Tyres
Inventor: BOOTH HENRY WILLIAM
Filed: 1906-10-08
Granted: 1907-07-11
Abstract: 22,159. Booth, H. W., and Marshall, W. Oct. 8. Tyres, pneumatic &c., attaching to rim. The edges of the tyre or cover are grooved to receive jointed retaiuing-bands h having pins i adapted to enter slots in the rim. The ends of the band are secured by means of a hook bolt j. Spring-controlled or hinged pins or studs may be used, and they may be fixed in the rim and adapted to engage slots in the retaining-bands.